30.5l 32 skidder tires hard to find used

semologger · April 03, 2014, 12:32:15 PM

here a couple months ago i blew a tire outa my prentice 950 skidder. After searching for a week for a used one with no luck. I finaly took one off my john deere 648 E. now yesterday my guy stobbed one on the prentice again. now its back to the drawing board trying to find a tire. i cant afford a new 3 thousand dollar tire. scaeffer enterprises dont have one. and another place i found one wants 1500 for one that has 20 25 percent rubber

SwL_Wildcat · April 03, 2014, 02:52:52 PM

Did the operator rip the side wall out of it?

There are a couple options that we use.

1) If the tire isn't damaged too badly we will patch it like a conventional repair, then tube it. The tubes help a lot so the tires don't get pinched when jumping the deck.

2) If the sidewall is damaged to the point where a tube won't get you going again then it may be possible to section the tire. Call a tire shop in your area that deals with OTR tires and ask if they can send it out for a section repair.

The reason there is not many used 30.5 x 32 forestry tires is usually everyone runs them until they are completely destroyed. Even tires with 10% tread left work fine when the skidder is chained up.

Good luck!

semologger · April 03, 2014, 03:09:17 PM

its ruined to badly to patch it. he stobbed it right thru the center of the tread. ive found 4 tires. one place wants 1000 a piece not on rims. and the other wants 1400 a piece but has the wrong rims. but i are aired up in case i need a tube. all have around 10 perent rubber. im waiting on a couple other calls. so hopefully something will turn up.

treeslayer2003 · April 03, 2014, 07:52:14 PM

many will not agree but if I needed a tire and short on funds I wouldn't rule out a 12 ply combine tire. I have run um with no problems.

thenorthman · April 03, 2014, 08:04:10 PM

Call around the little commercial tire shops.

Big outfit out here (unkle Les swabby)wants 1500 for 18.4x26, little shop not more then a mile way, gave me a quote for 820 something 2 days ago, BF goodrich 14 ply vs Firestone forestry special.

Another option is to use a plate and bolts to hold the tire together, or boot it and run it, mine currently has a 4-5" tear through it, you can see the boot... been like that for nearly a year now. The smaller or commercial only tire shops are more likely to make an unconventional repair then the big boys, they seem to get that a skidder isn't going to be doing 80mph on the freeway and have a blow out... The tire just has to hold air and not tear itself apart.

SwL_Wildcat · April 03, 2014, 09:26:39 PM

All our new JD skidders come with Firestone tires from the factory. When we replace them we usually go with Primex®. They are less expensive and seem to last a little longer than Firestone.

http://primexforestry.com/

Maybe there is a dealer near you that you could get a quote from.

(I hope I didn't break a rule by posting the above link, if I did and it gets removed just Google "Primex forestry tires".